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Beth Winegarner

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Beth Winegarner is a journalist and author who has written for the New Yorker, The New York Times, The Guardian, Wired, Mother Jones, and many others. Her most recent book is Francisco's Forgotten Cemeteries: A Buried History." ...more

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It all started with a kitten

Two kittens, actually.

One day last summer, I looked out the windows into our backyard, and noticed a kitten standing on the low cement wall that separates our patio from our garden.

Seeing cats in the backyard isn't unusual; we have bird feeders and squirrels and catnip and other things that neighborhood cats like to drop by and enjoy, but this was the first time seeing a kitten visitor.

I went

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Average rating: 4.37 · 94 ratings · 32 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	San Francisco's Forgotten Cemeteries: A Buried History 4.67 avg rating — 24 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Columbine Effect: How five teen pastimes got caught in the crossfire and why teens are taking them back 3.96 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Have Milk, Will Travel: Adventures in Breastfeeding by Rachel Epp Buller (Editor), Anna Braff (Contributor), Jessica Claire Haney (Contributor) 4.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beloved 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sacred Sonoma: Sacred Sites and Alignments in Sonoma County, California 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tenacity: Heavy Metal in the Middle East and Africa 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Read the Music 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dream Brother 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Beth Winegarner wrote a new blog post It all started with a kitten Two kittens, actually. One day last summer, I looked out the windows into our backyard, and noticed a kitten standing on the low cement wall that sep Read more of this blog post »
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Beth Winegarner rated a book really liked it The West Facade by Lauren C Johnson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
"The West Façade" is a beautiful exploration of what it would be like for a statue on one of the world's most famous landmarks to long for the experience of being human — and to have that wish come true. Johnson's imagination makes the world of these ...more
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Beth Winegarner rated a book it was amazing Still Wish You Were Here: More Adventures in Cemetery Travel by Loren Rhoads (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A beautifully written collection of essays that put you right in each of these cemeteries and other tributes to the dead, detailed with care, gentleness, wonder and love for these spaces. If you can't go in person (or even if you can), this is the ne ...more
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Beth Winegarner rated a book it was amazing Much Ado About Keanu: A Critical Reeves Theory by Sezin Devi Koehler (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
"Much Ado About Keanu" is a deeply researched and thought-provoking look at Keanu Reeves' full body of work, and includes many angles that even die-hard fans may not have considered: How many women directors has he worked with? Have you noticed that ...more
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Beth Winegarner rated a book really liked it On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters by Bonnie Tsui (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
"On Muscle" isn't a hard-science look at our muscles; it's a social and everyday exploration of how and why we move our bodies. I love that it challenges cultural beliefs around femininity, disability, and aging, and encourages us to be present in ou ...more
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Beth Winegarner rated a book it was amazing Down in the Sea of Angels by Khan Wong (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I couldn't put this book down. I loved the stories across all three timelines, and appreciated the thought and research that went into making the 1906 and 2106 timelines feel real and lived-in. An engaging and ultimately hopeful read. ...more
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"Mill Dust and Dreaming Bread" is an impressive work of reclaiming. Richardson-Read pulls together folklore, myth, storytelling, and practical connection to the land to bring readers a sense of Scottish folk practice (relatively) free of colonization ...more
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Beth Winegarner added a status update: I'm experimenting with/migrating over to The Storygraph for book tracking. Please find and add me over there: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile...
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Beth’s Quotes

“Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?'
'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: bravery, courage, fear

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